One (1) New Permit Issued -- The Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA; Africa Is The Hub Of Global Development -- Michelle

Active rigs: 188 (steady)

One (1) new permit:

• Operator: Oasis
• Field: Tyrone (Williams)
• Comment: 

Wells coming off the confidential list today were posted earlier.

The African trip: I don't know about "you," but I certainly don't feel I got much bang for the buck -- the $100 million price tag for President Obama's. Can anyone name three places he went, and what he actually accomplished for all that money? A hundred million dollars so that he could be out of town when he announced he was scrapping ObamaCare -- one piece at a time, staring with the "employer mandate."

Michelle: "We're in one of the most important continents on the planet," Mrs. Obama said. "It's at the hub of global development."

$100-million-trip to Africa. For what? $100 million. I can't even get my arms around that much money for a five-day trip or whatever it was.

One hundred million dollars, LOL